Strong Stomach? Digestion Goes High-Tech

How do we know what really happens when we eat?  What goes on in the dark depths of our digestive tracts?

We can feel digestion.  We can measure it on our waistlines. And we can track some of its effects through clinical studies.

But to see what goes on when we eat is difficult.  Technologies like MRIs and endoscopy are limited when it comes to providing a clear picture of digestion. The view of an endoscopic camera is obscured by food in the stomach and MRI's cannot capture the motion of digestion.

So scientists have created a high-tech model of the stomach that allows them to really look at digestion.  It will be interesting to see what kind of research comes of this project, and what we learn about nutrition.

For now, there is at least one thing that we already know for sure, something those of us who work with Aminogen are famous for saying:

It's not just what you eat that counts, it's what you absorb. 

(And you may be surprised by how much of what you eat is not absorbed.)

How well our bodies absorb nutrients depends on factors like:

The amount of time food remains in the small intestine (most nutrients are absorbed here)

How efficiently our body's own digestive enzymes are working

As for the first of these factors, if you have not read my post on gastrointestinal transit time and protein absorption, I highly recommend you do.

And as for the second, take a look at how enzymes break down food.

 

Now, after reading about nutrient absorption and watching enzymes do their job, you may ask:

If our bodies already have their own enzymes, why take Aminogen?

To which I would say: What a great question! And one that deserves its very own post...

Stay tuned.